MATTER

• (noun) that which has mass and occupies space

  "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

• (noun) (used with negation) having consequence

  "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

• (noun) a vaguely specified concern

  "several matters to attend to", "it is none of your affair", "things are going well"

  synonyms : affair , thing

• (noun) a problem

  "is anything the matter?"

• (noun) some situation or event that is thought about

  "he kept drifting off the topic", "he had been thinking about the subject for several years", "it is a matter for the police"

  synonyms : issue , subject , topic

• (noun) written works (especially in books or magazines)

  "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

• (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight

  "It does not matter much"

  synonyms : count , weigh

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